Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27793

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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **

This is pretty straightforward and would be a good introduction for anyone starting out on cryptic crosswords. The only clue which held me up a bit was 17d where I needed all the checking letters.… Read More

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27787

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

This shouldn’t be too strenuous or stressful – do let us know what you made of it and how you got on. If you’re a long-term, or even short-term, lurker and haven’t yet plucked up the courage to introduce yourself, today would be an excellent day to take the bull by the horns and make a comment – on the whole we’re a pretty friendly lot and we won’t bite.… Read More

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27763

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

I probably took longer than I should have to solve this puzzle because when I’d finished I couldn’t see why I’d been held up. I put it all down to a night of little sleep including getting up to check that the loud noises from outside were just dustbins and other bits and pieces being blown around rather than my roof being torn off.… Read More

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27751

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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **

On the plus side most of the clues here are concise with smooth surface readings, but it doesn’t really put up much of a challenge. I know that the puzzles are meant to get harder as the week progresses so we can’t complain too much about the Tuesday one being pretty easy, but even so I finished this with a vague sense of being short-changed.… Read More